I would roll my face in broken glass before ever taking him as a teacher again.

Worst Teacher ever Good Grader though

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he sucks the life out of the subject

Keeps you over time, takes points off , gives a lot of hw! Never take Him please

i would rather burn and die before taking him

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masterson is a horrible person has no heart and cant teach i hope he burns

worst teacher i've ever had.... absolutely horrible

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He looks like a crown; if math not your favorite subject, don't take him.

Worst professor I've ever had. Hates when you ask questions. Severely damaging to GPA. Would rather poke my eyes out than take his class again.

You know what? I hate math now...with a passion, he's a GPA dropper and a horrible teacher, i'm not sure anyone in the entire class liked him, even the ones who sucked up a lot...

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This teacher does not know how to teach and he has no clue what he will collect as homework until the day it is due.

HE DOESNT EXPLAIN ANYTHING VERY GOOD, HE GOES THOUGHT THE PROBLEMS LIKE IT IS ALREADY KNOW BY THE STUDENTS, AND WHEN U ASK FOR HELP HE USUALLY DOESNT HELP VERY MUCH.

This guy does not know what he is doing dont take his class

Don't take this class unless you want a crappy GPA and no teaching!

This guy is plain awful!!!!!!

probably one of the smartest teachers yet at the same time the worst at teaching. Never take him. EVER!

He is extremly confusing a horrible teacher and a harsh grader. WARNING do not take this class at any cost expecially not in the morning. If you already know your stuff you might have a chance at passing!

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I was very good in math, enjoyed it, and planned on majoring in it until I took his class. He was my Worst Teacher

The class is terrible. It is so hard to figure out what is going on because since he knows everything so well he flies through every example problem at super speed.

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Amount of new material covered in class An: An=1-999*An-1...

Do NOT! I repeat, DO NOT take this class. The Masterjo is the worst teacher I have ever had. He's boring, he rushes through the book, very unclear, and ridiculously hard grader. He is also always arguing with students because he is unfair and mean to the students.

This guy is the worst. Do not take master joe. I am telling you he sucks and he does not help you. If you take him and you have read this you are dumbass.Ok. Am telling you do not take him he is the worst.

this guy is the worst professor on the planet..he's also one of the ugliest...the hardest thing about this course is passing...this guy will do everything in his power to fail you and fail you miserably....DO NOt and i repeat DO NOT take him

The worst teacher on campus. Graded tests way to hard. Was ineffective in class and extremely boring talking way to fast. I learned more in a 2 hour review session than I did the whole semester.

by far the worst guy on the planet. he has a big head with very thick lenses..this guy is absolutely terrible....not helpful or smart...very ulgy and hateful..he will do everything to fail u...Stay Away

this guy needs to be in a mental insitution...worst human being ever...i wont even get on his skills as a professor...its not worth it

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He is a horrible teacher. I was placed in this class my first semester and had to retake it the following semester. I would fall asleep in every class and bang my head on the desk. He knows he's bad that's why he says he'll pass you no matter what you get in his class as long as you pass the final. Hope his salary isn't coming out of my tuition!

Okayyyyyyyyyyyyyy! here it goes....this is your GPA before taking his class 4.0 :) and this is your GPA after taking his class 2.5 :(.....he will kill and then drink the blood of your GPA!

Honestly the WORST professor I have ever had in my life, I took calc last year and I still can't seem to do well in his class. My average is a D (NEVER HAD A D IN MY LIFE!!!) His teaching method is all concept. That comment before about killing and drinking the blood of your GPA COMPLETELY TRUE!!!!! DO NOT TAKE HIM EVER!!!!!!

Absolutely boring.

Horrible professor!!!! If death had a nickname, it would be MASTERSON!

If there was a way to fire him i would i hate him..anyone who says he is a good teacher..what is wrong with you? He is nothing but negative, i just got a 48 on the last test and i studied. I have an A in all my other classes. Professor Masterson should be locked up in a cage and do math problems for the rest of his life. He tries to trick you.

I don't even know where to begin. The man is insane-- he should not be teaching. I still got an A- in his class. Basically you can fail everything but all you have to do is get an A on the final (which is not that easy) to get an A. I think he is so smart but he was not meant to teach. He needs prayer and lots of it.

The whole semester i got all my grades between 85-95's but the last test the average for it was a 22, out of a 100! i got a 65 and asked maybe if he could give us extra credit or some sorta curve. he insisted on replying, "sure, your extra credit is the final, study." don't even bother taking him he's awful!

Horrible, he just goes over this 100 miles an hour, wont slow down even if students ask. Half the people drop the course. Avoid taking this guy

DO NOT TAKE HIM! The WORST professor at Seton Hall University. I'm convinced he does not care about his students.

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Do not take his classes! Besdies the guy being extremely monotone and putting you to sleep, he only thinks about himself and could care less if you pass his class. Whatever is his way goes. Worst grader ever, takes off points for any little thing. Do not take!

DO NOT TAKE HIM! I am a very good student and barely got a C. Only 3 out of the 35 students passed the class! Final is ridiculously hard. No extra credit, no way to get an A. Seriously even if he is your only option dont take him, just take the class next semester. Biggest mistake I ever made.

Taught way to quickyly. Grading system was very inconsistent. Got 10 out of 11 questions right and received a 79 because of points taken off for missing parentheses. They did not affect the answer at all. I forgot to close the parentheses which did not warrant a -3. I feel it was very unfair. Tests are fair but the grading is inconsistent and very

Horrible. Got a high B in pre calc in high school thought it'd be an easy A here. nope. tedious grading. inconsistent. horrible teaching style. i feel like i am smarter than he is because half the time i would say the easier way of getting around to problems. dont take him unless you want to lose points for going 3 decimal places instead of 4.

Unclear, uncaring, incomprehensible and has no time to deal with students who don't understand the material perfectly the first time. DO NOT TAKE HIS CLASS.

Most useless professor ever. Does not go over anything, will teach a mile a minute, and will not care if you don't understand.

Honestly, a 1.7 is being generous. He doesn't stay on topic and often goes off on tangents with random math topics. He also expects you to know things that are not common knowledge which really isn't fair. Avoid him at all costs. it will make your semester much easier and a lot less stressful.

cannot understand anything he tries to teach. you basically have to teach yourself and he is a terrible grader when it comes to tests and projects and if you ask questions he is terrible at answering them.

WORST professor ever marks answers on tests wrong when they are right Avoid taking him at all costs

Worst professor ever

Avoid this teacher at any cost.He's the worst professor I've ever had. He's terrible at eplaining and has no patience to teach get mad when you ask questions. The class is impossible to pass and he takes tons of points off for small things! It was the longest semester of my life

never EVER take him. he is awful and the most usless prof ive ever had. if you want any shot at getting a good grade avoid this guy.

Seton Hall should reevaluate keeping him on the payroll. He should not be teaching!

just horrible, stay away if you want to have a good grade

horrible

This is my first time writing on this site and I've never felt a stronger need to do so.Though I may be receiving an A in the course, he's seriously the most ineffective teacher in my four years as an undergrad student.He makes no sense, does not explain right, also makes rude remarks to students who speak up & ask questions. NEVER EVER take him!

Just awful

Worst teacher I have ever had. He does not care, does not teach, does not even know what he is talking about... Talks to fast, rambles on random topics, and does not like when students ask questions... STAY AWAY!!!

The absolute worst professor in the world. Hard grader, does not care, takes off points for no reason even if it's right. Worst class of my life, impossible to pass.

I wish I saw his ratings before I decided to take his class. Worst mistake of my life. I have never had a problem with math before this class. He was absolutely horrible. He's obsessed with the idea that we all know "false algebra". There's no possible way the whole class (full of pre-meds) did not know math. He nearly failed the entire class.

The class is god awful. he writes faster than I can speak and he just doesn't stop. He's pretty entertaining to observe though

It was not Satan who led Adam and Eve to eat the forbidden fruit, it was John Masterson. He is the Antichrist. Draped in his pseudo-homeless garbs, he sets out to fail any students who are with bad enough luck or perhaps stupidity to have taken him.

I'm so upset that I took this class that so many people had warned me about. This guy is outright terrible. He will literally rant 45 minutes before a test on another chapter that won't be on the test, then give you a limited amount of time to take it! I consider myself to be very proficient at mathematics and still barely passed this guys class.

First I would like to say Professor Masterson is not a very punctual man and his class is brutal. 1:15 of non-stop rambling. He also never takes attendance. My only advice to any student who does them self the disservice of taking this professor is to write down everything he puts on the board and teach yourself.

Please for the sake of your sanity do not take this professor. I'm not sure why I ever decided to take him, he is downright terrible. I was always good at math and I failed this class.

Never take him if you have choice. Worst professor ever had

Very bad teacher. I can say in all honestly I didn't learn a thing from him. I learned everything from better calc teachers online. He's the worst math teacher I've ever had. The material is very easy but he presents it terribly and nitpicks excruciatingly on assignments. If you must take him, just look everything up online and you'll do fine :)

If i could grade him a 0, I would. Worst professor I have ever taken. Explains things horrible and is skittish and frantic. His lectures are boring and he's horrible and explaining things. I feel bad because i'm sure he's a very nice man, just really not a great professor.

He is probably the spawn of Satan. You could not pay me enough money to take this class again. Do not take this teacher. He is absolutely the worst teacher I have ever encountered.

If there's one piece of advice I could give anyone it would be to NEVER take this professor. I went to tutors and learned through them, however he gave me no credit on several problems because they weren't his way and he doesn't give partial credit on anything! Unless you're a genius in calc do not take him, he isn't worth the stress.

Because this professor is tenure, he doesn't care whether you pass or not. He gives an extreme amount of homework and gives tests', quizzes, and computer assignments frequently. He is definitely too old to even be teaching at this point. He fails you even if you receive A's on your homework assignments.

Professor just does example problems without explaining the material. The homework is optional, but this makes the class very test heavy since there is only 3 exams and the final. His tests are 5 questions for about 2-3 chapters of information. If you never took calculus before, do not take this class!

He's the worst. Make sure you get a seat in the front row or you won't be able to hear his mumbling. he never explains what he's doing, and he doesn't teach it in a way that's easy to understand. He basically just mumbles to himself and draws equations on the board. VERY head in the clouds. DO NOT take him

Professor Masterson is, in my opinion, a terrible professor. He takes everything from the book, and he explains nothing. You pretty much have to teach yourself the course. He posts nothing to blackboard and you never know what your grade is. If you aren't the best at math, stay away because this is not the professor for you.

Prof. Masterson is not a mean man, but is a terrible prof. I am a decent math student and this class was extremely difficult for me. He talks very low (both in volume and pitch), which makes it difficult to focus. The test questions were 10x harder than the examples in class and if you didn't solve it exactly his way he would mark it wrong.

I can't believe that this type of teaching is allowed. While other calc classes are given real and coherent notes, this man makes slides in his own handwriting that are hard to decipher. He assumes that everyone in the classroom automatically knows calculus, and lectures us in a way that only makes sense to him. Nice guy, but tough teacher

If you have more professors to choose from, DO NOT choose Prof. Masterson. He is NOT the right one if you want to learn and pass. His lectures are the WORST. He just doesn't know how to teach at all. He would either yell at you the entire class or just read his notes, which are REALLY HARD to understand.

DO NOT TAKE HIM. You basically have to teach yourself everything because he sits in his chair and reads off of his slides that make no sense. Good luck trying to go back and use his slides to help with homework or to study because they are hard to decipher.

Prof M, words can't describe how much of a disappointment he is as a teacher. He has slides presentations prepared before class but they are very disorganized and unclear to understand. If you ask for an extension for a homework, he'll give it to you, but even the homework is hard to understand. For you own sake, take anyone else.

This was the worst math class that I have taken both in high school and in college. The material is easy yes but you wont get anywhere unless you can teach yourself. He reads off his slides and he seems like he expects you to already know the material. The way he teaches makes zero sense as he expects you to already know the material.

If you are reading this, drop Professor M. right this moment and never try to take him. Lectures are long, boring, monotone, and he never interacts with the class. Notes are barely legible and homework is difficult and time consuming. Tests are tough. You will need to teach yourself the whole class. Nice guy, terrible teacher. Avoid at all costs.

He's a nice man, but an absolutely terrible professor. His notes are nearly incomprehensible, his lectures are quiet and monotonous, he kept us after time was over, he doesn't post grades online, gets extremely irritable when no one answers his question in class, and his tests are almost impossible. If you don't already know the material, good luck

Do not take him I have to retake this class next year. Run.

Worst professor I've had so far at SHU. This class is set up for failure and he doesn't help when you need it. He reads off of slides and gives tests that are harder than the material he 'teaches'. I asked for help and instead he told me he didn't think I could handle this course. I failed out and now have to retake it. Do not recommend.

DO NOT TAKE THIS TEACHER!!!!! Does not give out extra credit, tests have nothing to with what he teaches at all. He just sits in his chair the whole class and shows slides that looks like a child drew them. Run don't take him!

He sits at his desk, puts his head down, and read directly off his slides. He mumbles alot and speaks very quietly. I had to move to the front to just hear him barely. He has fallen asleep before and snaps if you have questions or don't understand something. Some HW and test questions were things we've never learned. It was very difficult to decode

Have never cried in a class before I took Masterson. He is a good person and understandable if you come to him but his tests are 10 times more difficult than the homework. Would not recommend his class to anyone, reads off slides and slides are difficult to understand.

the only warning I can give is leave

This was prob the hardest class I have ever taken in general. I had a 3.8 GPA & I needed this grade to keep it. He is incapable of helping students & ensuring their success. The material is not easy & he makes it 10x harder. This was probably the most stressful experience I've ever had & I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. My GPA is ruined now!

Anyone who takes this professor after reading these reviews must be out of their mind. But I fall victim to that statement. All the reviews are true! He does not know how to teach and sets the entire class up for failure. His lectures are long & boring. His HW is meaningless b/c none of it is on the tests. And the tests... no more further comments.

Lectures are boring, HW is hard, Questions don't get answered, and Tests are impossible. I am very disappointed that I took this professor because the class is set up for failure. I am warning you that no matter how hard you study, you will not pass!

The tests did not relate to the homework assignments at all. He got annoyed when questions were asked and would not answer them. He had no grades posted anywhere until the final grade and read through slides. Even with extensive tutoring this class was very difficult to pass. Save yourselves.

If you want to study hours every day for the entire semester and still get an F, take Masterson.

I'd rather eat broken glass than ever take him again

All I can say is, if you think you're good at Calculus, with Masterson, you're not. Take anyone else. He reads off slides the whole class and is hard to understand and hear. If you're stuck with him, get a tutor and they'll be your savior.

This class was so difficult. It seemed as though he did not know how to teach or what he was doing. He would vaguely scratch the surface of a topic and then when the test came around nothing he "went over" was on it. I even asked him during it if he gave a test from another class because I have never seen the stuff ever, and he just blew me off.

Horrible teacher, simple as that. Do not take!

Avoid this professor if possible. Lectures are dry, homework is challenging, and tests cover material not taught in class. However, tools like unstuck ai can help with study prep. Overall, a very demanding class that's tough to succeed in.

listen to all the reviews about him. I personally think he's better than Kotey, but he's still bad. you can barely hear him or read his handwriting. When you ask him a question you never really get a clear answer. The homework and tests were difficult. His lectures are so boring that I used to study for other courses in his class. just don't.

Although Masterson seems like a nice person this class will ruin your life! Even my tutor couldn't understand the slides or content we were learning. You will not know your grade until the final comes out and your questions will be met with annoyance! I went to every class and it still didn't matter. Do Not Take This Class!